Gas and vapor purification apparatus



1933- M. J. TRUMBLE ET AL GAS AND VAPOR PURIFICATION APPARATUS Filed Dec. 13. 1930 INVEN TOR.

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Patented Oct. 10, 1933 Q r 4 it i race oAs ANo vAron PURIFICATION APPARATUS Milon .l. Trumble, Alhambra, and William L. Seeley, Los Angeles, Calif., assignors to Processco,'Limited, San Francisco, Calif., a corporation of Nevada Application December 13, 1930 Serial No. 502,143

3 Claims. (01. 23--260) This invention relates to gas and vapor puri- 42 which fit easily within the cylindrical chamfication apparatus and especially to such apher and are spaced one above the other, the paratus used in connection with processes for arrangement being such that upon releasing the the manufacture of gasoline from heavier hydro lid it may be lifted off by means or" its handle 5 carbon oils. 52 and will carry with it the several screens The principal object of the invention to protogether with any gas purifying material they vide quickly operated apparatus of the hind may contain so that another assemblage of lid mentioned. for the removal or sulphur from gasoand screens with fresh material may be quickly line vapors and gases evolved in the production dropped into place.

10 of gasoline by cracking and hydrogenation. Also Instead of the lid being connected to the a particular arrangement of a plurality of the screen assemblage it may be separate as shown appartus units whereby one may be switched. in in Fig. 3 wherein the rod 53 rests upon the botthe gas or vapor pipe line and the other out of 7 tom of the chamber to support the screens and action, also means whereby this may be simul- (a handle 54 is provided. on the upperend of the 5 taneously accomplished: Another object is to. red for lifting itout.

provide for easy renewal of gas purifying ma- 7 At the bottom of the chamber is a suitably terial within the apparatus. Other features of valved drainage pipe 43 and at the side near advantage will appear in the following desc'ripthe bottom is a suitably valved steam pipe a l tion and drawing accompanying this description. for cleaning out sulphur or other impurities de- 20- In the drawing Fig. 1 is a plan view of two of posited from the gases and vapors or by the our purification units piped valved in the action of the purifying material on the screens manner of our invention. and through which the gases and vapors must Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section of one of the circulate. units of Fig. 1 as seen from the line 2-2 thereof. A steam blow-ofi pipe 55 is also provided near 25 Fig. 3 is a View similar to that of Fig. 2 show-- the top of the chamber to relieve the steam presing modified details of construction. sure after cleaning or to blow steam through the Before describing the drawing in detail it screens to cleanse them and drive off any volatile would be well to state that the apparatus was matter. devised particularly to carry out a continuous In using the apparatus for the desulphurizlng 30 process of hydrogenation fully described in our of gasoline vapors we'find a satisfactory purifying application for U. S. patent filed simultaneously agent to be copper oxide, a layer of which is herewith under Serial No. 562,146, entitled Hyplaced over each screen for taking up the sulphur drogenation process and apparatus and that all by conversion to copper sulphate with release of designating characters, and numbers below 50 some CO2 and the formation of some metallic 35 are the same as-used on similar parts in the copper. When tests of the vapors indicate too drawings of the case referred to, for the purpose much sulphur passing through the chamber, or of establishing its relation thereto; upon definite time intervals determined from In further detail the apparatus generally dessuch tests, the flow of vapors and/or gas is inignated E comprises a pair of cylindrical chamstantly switched through the other chamber con- 40 bers ll, 41 interposed in a gas or vapor pipe taining fresh or rejuvenated material without line 5 connected by branch pipes 45, 45 and 46, interruption or the continuous process in which 46, controlled by three-way valves 47, 48 the the apparatus is used, so that the spent material levers of which are linked as at 49 for siinultain the first chamber may be quickly replaced by neous action so that by a single one-way movesliding a new screen assemblage into place, or

ment of the link the run of pipe will be opened the chamber may be blown out without contamithrough one of the chambers and closed against nating the gas line. 7

the other, and vice versa. 7 In our appended claims the word gas is in- The gas and vapor flows through the pipe in tended to include either gas, vapor, or a mixture direction indicated by the arrow entering near of gases and vapors.

50 the lower end or" the chamber and leaving'near Having thus described our invention we the top. claim:-

A quick removable cover 51 of any approved 1. Gas purification apparatus comprising a cydesign is fitted over the upper end of each chamlindrical chamber having a gas inlet and a gas her and extending downwardly from this cover outlet through the side of the chamber, a removis a rod 53 supporting a plurality of disk screens able cover at the upper end of said chamber, a

of gas purifying chambers, piping connecting the gas inlets of both chambers to a common gas supply line, piping connecting the gas outlets with a common purified gas line, a three-way Valve on both inlet and outlet piping arranged for selectively cutting either chamber in and at the same time the other chamber out of operative relation with the gas supply and purified gas line respectively, and means for operating the valves simultaneously.

MILON J. TRUMBLE. WILLIAM L. SEELEY. 

